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3o of the paper-carriage for the supply-rolls of 45 Aover a common guide-roller 1I, thence upward f UNITED STATES stron@ 4PERRY Loana'or DAYTON, oi-no, Assienon 'rerun NATIONAL oAsn REGISTER COMPANY, or SAME ril/ter..

AUTOGRAPi-HC REGBSTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 485,955, dated November 8, 1892.

Application iiletl .Tuly l1, 1892. Serial No. 439.670. (lilo model.)

To ,all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, PERRY E.LoREE,aciti zen of theUnited States,residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio,

5 have invented certain new and useful- Iniprovements in Autographic Registers, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis speciiication.

My invention relates 'to that class of inachines in which two or more strips of paperare led over a writing-tablet, where they have suitable manifolding material interposed between them, by which memoranda written upon the upper strip will be duplicated upon the lower ones, 'and whence the lower strip is led back into the machine and filed as a record and the upper strip or strips led out of the machine and severed into checks.

My invention has for its object the improved construction and increased si mplieity of this class of machines, and .its novelty willl be hereinafter set v forth, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l. represents a vertical longitudinal section of my improved machine on the line l l of Fig. 2; ig. 2, a vertical cross-section thereof on the line 2 2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3, a side elevation the paper strips, and Fig. 4 a vertical cross- Section of the sameon the line 4 i of Fig. 3. The same letters of reference are used to indicate identical parts in all the figures.

The working parts of the machine are in- ClOSGd in a suitable casing A, having removable end walls l5, which are secured in place by dOwel pins at their lower ends and by locks C at their'nppcrends,ai1d having, also, 4o in its top two openings D E, the former beingcovered with glass and the latter being located immediately above the usual writing-tablet l`. The paper strips are carried in supply-rolls mounted upon spindles G, and are led thence over individual guide-rollers I, thence forward over the Writing-tablet F and beneath the opening E in the top of the casing, and lthence between a pair of feed-rollers J K. 5o These rollers are geared together, and the `the strips have been directed through the spindle of the rollend projects Outside the casing and has' secured upenvit a handle L, Fig. 2, by which the rollers may be turned to draw forward the paper strips. A spring M, secured to a cross-piece N, connecting the opposite sides of the casing, bears against the pinion of the feed-roller J and offers frictional resistance to the forward movement of the rollers and also prevents backward nieve" ment thereof. Pivoted at their lower ends at 6o O to Opposite sides of the casing are two vertical plates P, one of which is shown in Fig. 1. The upper ends of these plates are connected by two cross-bars Q R, having a transverse passageway between them, and by a cross-bar S below the bar R, the two side platesaud vthese connecting cross-bars constituting a hinged frame connected to the sides of the casing at O. At the left of this frame and slightly separated from it is a second corresponding frame composed of similar side plates T, Fig. 2, and cross-bars yU, V, and XV. These two frames are secured in vertical position by a screw X, passed from the left through the cross-bars W and t into the fixed cross-piece N of the framework. Confined in the space between the two frames just described and guided vertically by them is a knife-plate Y, provided with a vertical slot, through which the screw 1\' passes, to permit vertical play of the plate. 'lhe lower one Of the paper strips is led from the feed-rollers beneath the crossbars R and V` and directed downward byde-v fleeting-plates Z,'l"igs. l and 2, at the le thand edge Of the cross-bar V, while the two upper strips are led from the feed-rollers through the passage-way above the bars R V and below the bars Q U, and directed upward by a deilecting-plate A through an opening in the top of the casing at i3. The purpose of hiuging the frames between which the knife-plate is con fined is to enable them, when the .screw X is removed, to be swung to the left away frein the feed-rollers, so that the ends of the paper strips may he readily di-4 rected through the proper passage-ways between the cross-bars of the frame. This is done whenever a new supply of paper strips is placed in the machine. After the ends of IOO posonge-weye in 'the iframes die latter aro swung' baci; to veriioal position and the screw X roinserted lo hold ilieln iu place.

Mounted opor; o horizontal elieiiti, xei'i ai' iis opposite ends in the sides of the easing, :iro two levers 1),one at @zich sido oi' the one ing-. Tilo right-inruil ende of theseievers'. project vliron'irh More in *elle end woll i3 of she owing" und are connected by a erossvimr E', extending :rororo the end of the machine Ai the lvit oi their pivotal frame (l the levers D i :ire connected by fr second. crossbor is", She

two levers and the two cross-bersconstituting rigid frame hung upon the shaft C. The extreme !oi'.-h2inf;l endo ofdtile levers D project llrongh eiots D2 in the iiniiopiote Y, Fig. 2, :so that whenever the crosovbzir E ir. depresiisod the. opposite ende or" iiie lovers D' will lift the knife-plate and como its upper odge io pr. througizi the space between rho 'hairs Q, Rood the liars 'U `V,o.i1d thereby se Ver oli three of Lilo moor Sodom Springs G', sfr cured to the lower eide of ille omiso-piece N and bearing ai; their rigiiielmnd omis against ille upper sides of the levers; Uf or erosfelmr i?, oporeto ilo reset the oi'roei i 'eme euri knife-plate when 'i-ile croi' ber lil is released.

The ileiieetiowpiotesi Si, before referred lo, directille reeordorip doi'vnwerci l-eiiveen guido-when l, dopeiuiing from lie plaie A or other suitable Support, and o Ming-frocio composed of a Wire li, ben it io the shape shown in Fig. :uid seemed to :incl onpporied ai; im lower ends iu o rook-sham J, jourlmieiiet its opposi'o en( iofili sides o rho easing The upper horizontal portioo oi this; iling-i me 'lios eocuroci to ii'y o plate E', proviciod willi on eye gli", adapted, when the iiing-frome 'imaimed to tile ioftin ille manner aereioeifer itiesorioed', to pase over the end of a ixed filing pio M", carried by the leielmnil ond woll of ino easing; Secured ilo Liao :oekonu 3' new.' its opposite onde are wo wires or rodi; N', which project; to tile rigid in 'Fig'. Liliroogll Veriical :slots 0 in tho l .nilie--plnte Y, os io l1 1g. When the knife-pleite is; liioed by the slop: :siion of *rile cro-sober IC, the flower ende o Line ffziois ille plato approaches ite iimi' of upward inovomoot will :@riiic mui lift 'one roilo N :md throw ila@ filingromo .if

ronrwm'd, imi canse tho plato El 5o force the .Severed rocorL'i-Slip uponlie pin lil@ inaliomcil by the L lobteii lines in Fig. l. The iosii motion between the lower ende of lio siem U' ond che rods E' [orn'iits the l\:ui1'e-pir.i1e io loo lifted for onoogii ifor the imilfo to come iiio stripe before tiro iilingi'rome ie thrown to iiie lei lo filo ille record-elio upon lilo pin iii.

From the foregoing description it. will be omleroiooci ilmi im operation of the machine oonsss in writing lie desirod memorando upon the outer strip iirougli the opening E, 'turning forward the focdwollors by means of the houille L until ibo poriion ol' the strips wriiteu upon has been oerried beyond the our,- tingfpoin, sind then depressing the cross-bor E. to sever all of t-lio strips, and to file im fecero-slip upon the pin M.

It is desirable in machines of thiS class to apply Home friction to the snppiy-rolls of ill-o strips to preserve a. proper tension. upon the strips as, they are withdrawn from seid rolls,

`ond i ilove devised un exceedingly @imple :Lnf'i effeoive moans for doingiziais. The rolls are orari-ieri in i fra-me composed oi' o bormio plate il and two side plates Q. 'llo-e wie plates i3 are provided with opposite veriioril. Slow R', in which iin the ends oi' the zalliinrlios G', which. are passed through the, supply-rolle, while the rolls tilornselves rest upon the bottom pioto i or" the frame. The friction of the rolls against this bottom plete offers. oni'oieiit rosisence to ille turning oli' Elio rolls to prod one the desired tension upon tho stripe, Whiioillio spindles if', confined in the slots; .R2 umili-min the rolls in `proper posiiion and ,rmit them to rest; upon the bottom plaie of o frmn'o ma they decrease in size. The frame muy be easily slid out of the machine by removing the end Wall I3 mid the empty' .epimie be removed und new rolls oi palper Ulrich in. ille frame, and when the from@ is slid 'into Lilo machine again it Wiil be iieiii in place bythe end Woll B. v

A gong S is mounted upon iisorowfstnd carried by the/knifeqilate ond r-irrmifei to ipo eoimdied bye sirikerl'", pivoter?. to simili piume, Fic" o 'When the pluie i@ lifted, ilae 1;

t). 1li end. of the striker Willi oogego im: iowor oi the oross-bzir W omi iis lowor omi thrown against the o Hoving tlmsfuily oceerilocl ingr iirroriiiionj li cloimm? i y l. lo am ontogropliic regieren Lilo coxriiiimi tion oi. the pair of feodwollers .for ad Vorming; the paper stripsto the cutting-point, the re oiprocziting l-:x1ifepiete Y for :severing the strips, :mii the pivoiied .iframe for actuating the knife-plate, compoeed olf ivlie levare D, projeciiog outside the casing ood having their ends oonnooijed by ille croeelmr E, Suomen Molly es described.

2. In yan outogrepiiio registoriio coiniiow tion of the reci procedi/'ing koiienimo Y .for soverinpg ille, Strips, the roci--rlihzri` J rie 'tiling {iu-imo 1.', corrieri thereby, iilio plow `li',oeoiirofl to eoiii. from@ the iirig-pin lli', iii-13 roilo E', secured to @he mok-sluit; J i };iro,3ec|;ing ihrooglislotein the lmiioplote Tizan merino Sor rociproeoi-irig the liniwpioe, most/rim ltioliy-eis described. r

ilu an oiuiogropiiio rc rocatingthe knife-plate, provided with the operating cross-bar El outside of the casing',

. substantially as described.

' the hinged frame composed of the side plates T and the crossbars cally reciprocatn g U, V, and W, the vertiknife-plate Y, confined vand guided between said frames, and the lever-frame for liftingsaid knife-plate to sever the paper strips between the erosabars Q R and U V, substantiallyas described. l

the hinged frame composed of the vlevers, and cross bars,

6. In an autographie register, the combina- .tionof the t`ee`d-rollers for advancing the`paper strips, the reciprocating knife-plate Y for severing them, the defleetin-g-plates A and. Z

. for directing the cheek-strips upward and the record-strip downward, the filing-pin M', the rock-shaft J', the filing-frame I', carried thereby and provided with the plete X200-operating with the pin M', the rodsrN, secured to Athe rock-shaft J and projecting through slots O in the knife-plate, the levers D', hung on' the shaft C and projecting through-slots in the knife-plate at one end and through slots in the end wall of the easing at their opposite ends, the cross-bar E', connecting,r their outer ends, and a resetting-spring G for the substantially as described.

PERRY E. LOREL.v Witnesses: f

THOMAS CORWIN, F. A. L. SNECKNER. 

